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Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

Detention and supervision of persons posing very high risk of imminent serious sexual or violent offending - Management of residents - Telephone calls may be monitored

58: Application of Privacy Act 2020

You could also call this:

"Rules to protect your privacy when your phone calls are monitored"

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When you make phone calls, they might be monitored. The Privacy Act 2020 applies to the monitoring of these calls under certain sections of the law. This means the Privacy Act 2020 rules are used when your calls are being monitored, as outlined in sections 51 to 61.

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Part 1Detention and supervision of persons posing very high risk of imminent serious sexual or violent offending
Management of residents: Telephone calls may be monitored

58Application of Privacy Act 2020

  1. The Privacy Act 2020 applies to the monitoring of resident calls under sections 51 to 61.

Notes
  • Section 58: replaced, on , by section 217 of the Privacy Act 2020 (2020 No 31).